Portuguese · Real conversations
Work updates: Portuguese conversation practice
Explain progress and agree on a priority. Read the exchange, reveal the translations when you need them, then try your part before looking at the sample answers.
B1 · Read and rehearse
Your role: A colleague giving a short project update.
Goal: Explain progress and agree on a priority.
Read the conversation
Partner
No que você está trabalhando hoje?
Show English translation
What are you working on today?
You
Estou trabalhando no relatório.
Show English translation
I'm working on the report.
Partner
Como está o andamento do relatório?
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How far have you got with the report?
You
Terminei o primeiro rascunho.
Show English translation
I've finished the first draft.
Partner
Bom começo. Você pode enviar a versão revisada hoje?
Show English translation
Good start. Can you send the checked version today?
You
Preciso de mais tempo.
Show English translation
I need more time.
Partner
De quanto tempo a mais você precisa?
Show English translation
How much longer do you need?
You
Qual é o prazo?
Show English translation
What's the deadline?
Partner
Amanhã à tarde. Também precisamos atualizar os números.
Show English translation
Tomorrow afternoon. We also need the figures updated.
You
O que devo priorizar?
Show English translation
What should I prioritize?
Try your part first
Partner says: What are you working on today? Your goal: I'm working on the report.
Reveal a sample reply
Estou trabalhando no relatório.
I'm working on the report.
Partner says: How far have you got with the report? Your goal: I've finished the first draft.
Reveal a sample reply
Terminei o primeiro rascunho.
I've finished the first draft.
Partner says: Good start. Can you send the checked version today? Your goal: I need more time.
Reveal a sample reply
Preciso de mais tempo.
I need more time.
Partner says: How much longer do you need? Your goal: What's the deadline?
Reveal a sample reply
Qual é o prazo?
What's the deadline?
Partner says: Tomorrow afternoon. We also need the figures updated. Your goal: What should I prioritize?
Reveal a sample reply
O que devo priorizar?
What should I prioritize?
Make it your own
- Change the task.
- Request a different amount of time.
- Clarify two competing priorities.
Keep the useful expression and change the detail. There can be several appropriate answers; the revealed replies are examples to learn from.
This rehearsal in other languages
A note on speaking Portuguese
These guides use Brazilian Portuguese. Você is a common everyday address; senhor or senhora may fit a more formal interaction. Eu gostaria and poderia can soften requests without making them complicated.
Keep the accents and nasal spellings, such as não and conexão. Portuguese in Portugal may use different everyday vocabulary or pronouns. The examples aim for broadly understandable Brazilian wording.
